Florida, 2001

Damaging Wind in Florida, June 4, 2001

June 4, 2001 · NWS TBW · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$5,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Tampa Bay, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 4, 1:30 PM EST, 6 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 1:30 PM EST, 6 hours 10 minutes before
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
230 PM EDT MON JUN 4 2001

UPPER RIDGE AXIS REMAINS IN PLACE OVER THE STATE WITH SFC RIDGE
CURRENTLY PLACED OVER THE N FL. SE LOW LEVEL FLOW GENERATING
STREAKY CU FIELD AS WEST COAST SEABREEZE BEGINNING TO SLOWLY PUSH
INLAND AS SEEN IN SAT IMAGERY. CURRENT TEMPS WARMING TO NEAR
EXPECTED CONVECTIVE TEMPS SO EXPECT CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY TO BEGIN
SHORTLY THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING.

MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH DEEPENING SE FLOW/MOISTURE TO PRODUCE
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE AREA FOR
THE NEXT FEW DAYS. MODEL SOUNDING SHOWING PWATS APPROACHING 2 INCHES
WITH LIS -5 TO -6 AND CAPES OVER 3000 TO CONTINUE UNSTABLE
ENVIRONMENT OVER THE AREA. ALL MODEL GRAPHICS ALSO INDICATING
AFTERNOON PRECIP FIELDS OVER INTERIOR ZONES THEN MOVING OVER THE
COAST THEREAFTER AS STRONGER E COAST SEABREEZE DRIVES CONVECTION
WESTWARD. WILL BUY OFF ON THIS SOLUTION WITH THE COMBINATION
OF UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE/DIURNAL HEATING AND BOUNDARY COLLISIONS FOR
CHANCE EVENING POPS TONIGHT WITH LIKELY POPS ON WED AFTERNOON INTO
EVENING. MODEL TEMPS LOOK GOOD WILL BLEND.

MARINE...SE FLOW TO CONTINUE WITH NO HIGHLIGHTS OVER THE WATERS AS
RIDGE REMAINS N THRU 48 HRS. RIDGE TO SINK S AS FRONT APPROACHES TO
E GULF THU/FRI.

EXTENDED...UPPER RIDGE TO SHIFT EASTWARD AS DEEPENING TROF MOVES INTO
THE S MS RV VALLEY INTO THU. SFC FRONT TO APPROACH THE AREA THU
NIGHT INTO FRI. UPPER SUPPORT WITH VORT MAX AT THE BASE OF THE
TROF TO MOVE OVER THE AREA TO PRODUCE SCT CONVECTION AHEAD
AND ALONG THE FRONT. FRONT EXPECTED TO GET HUNG OVER S FL PENINSULA
OVER THE WEEKEND WITH MOISTURE S OF FRONT AND SOME SFC DRYING OVER
THE N PENINSULA. UPPER TROF TO REMAIN OVER THE STATE LATE IN THE
PERIOD WITH WEAK SFC RIDGING BUILDING IN.

THX COORD MLB.

PRELIM NUMBERS:
TPA 75/91/75/90 4645
FMY 72/91/73/91 4645

.TBW...NONE.

RD

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 4, 6:17 PM EST, 1 hour 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
717 PM EDT MON JUN 04 2001

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0340 PM    CITRUS SPGS               FL   .75 INCH HAIL
06/04/01   CITRUS                         REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0459 PM    TAMPA                     FL   .75 INCH HAIL
06/04/01   HILLSBOROUGH                   LOCATED AT BUSCH AND
                                          NEBRASKA RD. REPORTED
                                          BY STORM SPOTTER.

0510 PM    TAMPA                     FL   1 INCH HAIL
06/04/01   HILLSBOROUGH                   LOCATED AT SLIGH AND
                                          HANNA RD. REPORTED BY
                                          WFLA-TV.

0514 PM    TAMPA                     FL   .88 INCH HAIL
06/04/01   HILLSBOROUGH                   LOCATED AT BUSCH AND
                                          DALE MABRY RD. REPORTED
                                          BY STORM SPOTTER.

0515 PM    TAMPA                     FL   1 INCH HAIL
06/04/01   HILLSBOROUGH                   LOCATED IN SEMINOLE
                                          HEIGHTS. REPORTED BY
                                          WFLA-TV.

0622 PM    LAND O LAKES              FL   .88 INCH HAIL
06/04/01   PASCO                          REPORTED BY WTSP COOP
                                          OBSERVER.

The radar

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Hillsborough

When
June 4, 7:40 PM EST to 7:45 PM EST
Where
Hillsborough County, 4 mi N of Tampa
Property damage
$5,000
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
28.033, -82.467

Hillsborough County Sheriffs Department reported that thunderstorm winds downed a few large trees and several branches from Tampa northeast to Temple Terrace.

What these are

Thunderstorm Wind
Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5254530.